"When someone says, "Let's impose tariffs on foreign imports," it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while, it works - but only for a short time. But over the long run, such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars."
"Like his harsh criticism of the Iraq War launched by the last GOP president, Trump's frequently savage words about free trade and globalization have clearly embarrassed a lot of Republicans who are old enough to remember when that kind of talk was associated with lefty union types and cranky Old Right figures like Pat Buchanan. The fact that he has now"
Donald Trump's protectionist rhetoric and tariff-first policies have pushed the Republican Party away from decades of free-trade orthodoxy. His outspoken attacks on globalization and past GOP policies have embarrassed traditional conservatives who once reserved such views for unions and Old Right figures. Trump has elevated tariff-driven trade wars to a central economic strategy for a potential second term, a turn some Republicans downplay or call negotiating rhetoric. Ontario premier Doug Ford aired a U.S. ad invoking Ronald Reagan's pro–free-trade warnings to highlight the conservative policy reversal. Reagan warned that tariffs provoke retaliation, shrink markets, and cost jobs.
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